Police initially responded at about 12:30 a.m. to the 200 block of Peabody Avenue to a reported pedestrian accident, said San Antonio Police Department spokesman Douglas Greene.

Officers found a male victim suffering from severe injuries and he was transported to San Antonio Military Medical Center, where he died at 1:26 a.m., according to police.

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Greene said police later learned Maldonado met with the victim to sell him drugs, but decided to rob him instead.

Maldonado allegedly took money from the victim and attempted to drive off, but the victim held onto the side of the Chevy pickup as he drove away. At one point, the Maldonado side-swiped another car and the victim fell off the vehicle, Greene said.

Maldonado's vehicle had a significant amount of front-end damage when officers found it Monday morning in the 800 block of Laredo Highway and police took him into custody.

Greene said the victim may have displayed a gun and fired two shots at the suspect, but that is still under investigation.

Greene said another vehicle had been seen fleeing get the scene of the crime, and that vehicle was found in the 6100 block of Monterey Street. Three people from that vehicle were detained for questioning but none of them were arrested.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet identified the victim.

Maldonado faces a capital murder charge due to the nature of the alleged crime. That charge has a maximum penalty of life in prison or the death penalty.